For many teachers today, classroom observation no longer feels like professional support. It has become a moment of ...

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All classrooms are different and require different teaching strategies to address various concerns, goals, and learning trends. Plus, it takes a dedicated teacher to employ the right teaching ...

A former full-time teacher and principal describes how she works to keep engagement high and learning fun when she is substituting.

A typical class of 4th or 5th graders might be skeptical about the potential for fun when a mathematician or historian pays a visit to class. But not at Stevens Elementary School in Seattle, where ...

Nothing elicits a groan from teachers quite like the word “professional development” or “PD.” It conjures images of peppy consultants who spent less than a year in the classroom, state-mandated ...

In lesson author Tim Smyth’s book, “Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels: Fun and Engaging Strategies to Improve Close Reading and Critical Thinking in Every Classroom” (Routledge 2022), he discuss ...

The new question of the week is: What do you think many teacher-credentialing programs should be teaching that they might not be doing now? In Part One, PJ Caposey, Keisha Rembert, Stephanie Smith ...

I’ve lived a full life, but I think the part of it that I enjoyed most and probably did best was the years when I was a public school teacher. With the beginning of the school year, I’m reminded of my ...